Quest Pro is no longer available to buy from Meta, though stock is still available at some retailers.
Meta announced the retirement of both Quest 2 and Quest Pro at its Connect conference back in September, saying that the two headsets will no longer be available when stock runs out or at the end of the year, whichever comes first.
For Quest 2, stock ran out within a few weeks of Connect. Quest Pro appears to have been affected by the same clause. With the arrival of the new year, the headset’s page on Meta’s website has been replaced with a “Meta Quest Pro is no longer available” notice, alongside an image and price of Quest 3, Meta’s new highest-end offering.
With Quest 2, Quest Pro, and the 128GB model of Quest 3 gone, Meta’s headset lineup has been simplified to:
- Quest 3S (128GB): $300
- Quest 3S (256GB): $400
- Quest 3 (512GB): $500
Quest Pro: A Pioneering Failure
After Quest 2 became the first mainstream VR headset, Meta hoped it could build on this success by introducing a high-end Quest to serve enthusiasts and businesses.
Quest Pro launched in late 2022 at $1500. It featured Meta’s first pancake lenses, QD-LCD displays with Mini-LED local dimming, eye tracking, face tracking, a curved battery in the rear of the strap, and the ringless self-tracking Touch Pro controllers.
In many ways Quest Pro was a pioneering headset. But in others it was severely lacking, given its price.
John Carmack Tried To Kill Quest Pro, Predicting Failure
Carmack says he predicted it would be “a commercial failure and distract the teams for a year, preventing them from doing more valuable work”.
By the time Quest Pro launched, leaks of a Quest 3 arriving a year later with a twice as powerful GPU at half the price had already emerged, severely dampening the headset’s value proposition.
Further, Quest Pro’s underwhelming resolution, grainy passthrough, lack of ability to generate a scene mesh for mixed reality, and Meta’s cartoonish avatars not being detailed enough to do the face tracking sensors justice led to mixed-at-best reviews.
Just four months after Quest Pro launched Meta cut its price from $1500 to $1000. Meta cut its price from $1500 to $1,000 just four months after Quest Pro launched. This was an unprecedented move and suggests that the headset missed launch sales goals. And last year Meta
Quest Pro Price Cut To $1000 Just 4 Months After Launch
Quest Pro’s price is being cut from $1500 to $1000 just four months after launch. The price of the 256GB Quest 2 model is also being reduced, from $500 to $430.
, which was designed around the pressure-sensitive stylus tips of giving away, from Horizon Workrooms.removed the whiteboardMultiple developers have told UploadVR they see only a tiny fraction of their user base on Quest Pro. As such, almost no Quest game developers took the time to add support for its eye-tracked foveated rendering.Quest Pro’s controllersWith Quest Pro off the market, Meta no longer sells any headsets with eye tracking or face tracking. Meta no longer sells any headsets with eye tracking or face tracking.